Virginia Tech Football Records
Interceptions

Team Records

Most Interceptions

Game:
6
vs. Rutgers - 1998
at Rutgers - 1992
at Florida State - 1968

Season:
27
1967

Most Yards On Interception Returns

Game:
182
vs. Vanderbilt - 1983

Season:
594
1954

Most Interception Touchdown Returns

Game:
2
at Boston College - 2008
vs. Georgia Tech - 2005
vs. Rutgers - 1998
vs. South Carolina - 1988
vs. Vanderbilt - 1983
vs. VMI - 1954

Season:
5
2007
2005

Individual Records

Most Interceptions

Game:
3
Kendall Fuller vs. Duke - 2013
Jayron Hosley at NC State - 2010
Garnell Wilds at Syracuse - 2002
Willie Pile at Syracuse - 2000
Anthony Midget vs. Miami - 1999
Ike Charlton vs. West Virginia - 1998
Keion Carpenter vs. Pittsburgh - 1998
Lorenzo Ferguson at Clemson - 1998
Paul Davis vs. Florida State - 1979
Derek Carter vs. VMI - 1982
John Bell vs. Florida State - 1973
John Bell vs. West Virginia - 1973
Ron Davidson at Florida State - 1967
Lenny Smith vs. Wake Forest - 1968

Season:
9
Jayron Hosley - 2010
Ron Davidson - 1967

Career:
18
Gene Bunn - 1976-1978

Most Yards Gained On Interception Returns

Game:
182 *
Ashley Lee vs. Vanderbilt - 1983

Season:
210
Johnny Watkins - 1960

Career:
351
Ashley Lee - 1980-1984

* - NCAA Record

Most Touchdowns On Interception Returns

Game:
2
Ashley Lee vs. Vanderbilt - 1983
Don Divers vs. VMI - 1954

Season:
2
Victor Harris - 2008
Eric Green - 2003
Ashley Lee - 1983
Mike Widger - 1969
Don Divers - 1954

Career:
4
Victor Harris - 2005-2008

Career Interception Leaders

NameYears PlayedInt.TDsRet. Yds.
Gene Bunn 1976-1978 18 0 106
Tyronne Drakeford 1990-1993 16 1 144
Victor Harris 2005-2008 15 4 278
Willie Pile 1999-2002 14 2 270
Lenny Smith 1968-1970 13 0 120
Ron Davidson 1966-1968 13 0 174
Jayron Hosley 2009-2011 12 0 166
John Granby 1987-1991 12 0 98
Mike Widger 1967-1969 12 3 220
William Yarborough 1992-1995 11 0 30
Ashley Lee 1980-1984 11 2 351
Mike Johnson 1980-1983 11 1 173
Rashad Carmichael 2007-2010 10 2 158
Brandon Flowers 2004-2007 10 2 172
Keion Carpenter 1995-1998 10 2 244
Derek Carter 1981-1984 10 0 77
Billy Hardee 1973-1975 10 1 168
John Bell 1972-1974 10 1 155
Greg Stroman 2014-2017 9 1 45
Garnell Wilds 1999-2003 9 0 32
Torrian Gray 1993-1996 9 1 122
Carter Wiley 1984-1987 9 1 143
Frank Beamer 1966-1968 9 1 81

Year-By-Year Interception Leaders

YearNameInt.YardsTouchdownsLong
1952 Julian King 4 27 0 0
1953 Don Booth 2 53 1 0
1953 Leo Burke 2 35 0 0
1954 Dickie Beard 3 119 1 0
1954 Leo Burke 3 55 0 0
1955 Leo Burke 3 12 0 0
1956 Jimmy Lugar 3 58 0 37
1957 Carroll Dale 2 43 0 37
1958 Ken Byrd 2 43 0 0
1958 Billy Holsclaw 2 2 0 0
1959 Alger Pugh 5 103 0 59
1960 Johnny Watkins 4 210 1 88
1961 Buddy Perry 4 45 0 32
1962 Gerald Bobbitte 5 51 0 25
1963 Mike Cahill 4 32 0 11
1964 Vic Kreiter 2 19 0 12
1965 Billy Edwards 2 12 0 12
1965 Jimmy Richards 2 0 0 0
1965 George Foussekis 2 0 0 0
1966 Frank Beamer 4 22 0 22
1967 Ron Davidson 9 149 0 75
1968 Mike Widger 7 203 0 74
1969 Tim Bosiack 4 36 0 18
1969 Lenny Smith 4 29 0 27
1969 Mike Widger 4 9 2 5
1970 Ronnie Holsinger 5 82 0 66
1971 Kent Henry 5 57 0 25
1972 Jerry Scharnus 5 31 0 15
1973 John Bell 5 84 1 36
1974 John Bell 5 71 0 30
1975 Billy Hardee 7 83 0 31
1976 Gene Bunn 7 23 0 21
1977 Gene Bunn 6 69 0 32
1978 Gene Bunn 5 14 0 8
1979 Jerome Pannell 4 39 0 35
1979 Matt Mead 4 36 0 18
1979 Paul Davis 4 27 0 13
1980 Mike Scharnus 2 59 1 44
1980 Paul Davis 2 14 0 9
1980 Rick Miley 2 7 0 5
1981 Mike Johnson 4 75 0 55
1981 Gillett Ford 4 73 1 34
1982 Derek Carter 5 18 0 18
1983 Jake Clarke 4 44 0 33
1983 Mike Johnson 4 13 0 9
1984 Ashley Lee 7 155 0 44
1985 Carter Wiley 5 53 0 32
1986 Carter Wiley 3 15 0 15
1986 Billy Myers 3 9 0 9
1987 Randy Cockrell 1 90 1 90
1987 Leslie Bailey 1 12 0 12
1987 Darwin Herdman 1 5 0 5
1987 John Granby 1 5 0 5
1987 Billy Myers 1 0 0 0
1987 Roger Brown 1 0 0 0
1988 John Granby 4 27 0 27
1989 Roger Brown 3 55 1 55
1989 John Granby 3 53 0 44
1989 Randy Cockrell 3 14 0 9
1990 Tyronne Drakeford 3 22 0 22
1991 Tyronne Drakeford 5 1 0 1
1992 Tyronne Drakeford 7 121 1 40
1993 Torrian Gray 3 48 0 46
1993 Antonio Banks 3 22 0 21
1994 Torrian Gray 4 74 1 66
1994 William Yarborough 4 0 0 0
1995 William Yarborough 5 14 0 12
1996 Antonio Banks 4 63 0 45
1997 Keion Carpenter 4 52 0 32
1998 Keion Carpenter 5 92 1 40
1998 Ike Charlton 5 81 1 26
1999 Anthony Midget 4 5 0 3
2000 Willie Pile 6 22 1 11
2001 Willie Pile 4 77 0 53
2002 Garnell Wilds 5 8 0 8
2003 Eric Green 3 166 2 84
2004 Jimmy Williams 5 81 1 34
2005 Aaron Rouse 4 52 0 25
2006 Victor Harris 4 75 1 72
2007 Brandon Flowers 5 93 1 49
2007 Victor Harris 5 61 1 44
2008 Victor Harris 6 142 2 55
2008 Stephan Virgil 6 94 0 36
2009 Rashad Carmichael 6 71 1 28
2010 Jayron Hosley 9 110 0 42
2011 Jayron Hosley 3 56 0 22
2012 Antone Exum 5 44 0 32
2013 Kendall Fuller 6 1 0 3
2014 Kyshoen Jarrett 3 35 0 26
2015 Adonis Alexander 4 -4 0 0
2016 Terrell Edmunds 4 28 0 15
2017 Greg Stroman 4 47 1 24
2018 Reggie Floyd 2 9 0 5
2018 Caleb Farley 2 0 0 0
2019 Caleb Farley 4 14 1 17
2020 Divine Deablo 4 5 0 5
2021 Jermaine Waller 4 67 1 30
2022 Armani Chatman 1 31 0 31
2022 Keli Lawson 1 7 1 7
2022 Keonta Jenkins 1 0 0 0
2022 Mansoor Delane 1 0 0 0
2023 Dorian Strong 3 28 0 32
2024 Mansoor Delane 4 0 0 0
2025 Isaiah Cash 1 18 0 18
2025 Isaiah Brown-Murray 1 11 0 11
2025 Kemari Copeland 1 0 0 0
2025 Quentin Reddish 1 0 0 0

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